Post-BRIC World

I’ve been following this subject for a long time and am very pleased with this article in Compass magazine: http://compassmag.3ds.com/ POST-BRIC WORLD Experts comb the globe to predict the next emerging markets By William J. Holstein After a spectacular ten-year run, economic growth in the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) is slowing, and […]…

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My views on the GM recall, as told to Automotive News

GM’s challenge: ‘Reassure the world’ Lindsay Chappell Automotive News March 13, 2014 – 3:13 pm ET General Motors could face a decade of lawsuits and regulatory headaches over its delayed U.S. recall of 1.37 million vehicles with suspected faulty ignition switches. But GM CEO Mary Barra’s more urgent challenge will be convincing the public that […]…

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The New York Times Take on Puerto Rico

I wish to congratulate the Times yet again. They are following closer and closer on my heels. I am beginning to feel the competitive pressure! Here they are, just after my previous blog on Puerto Rico: Economy and Crime Spur New Puerto Rican Exodus By LIZETTE ALVAREZ FEB. 8, 2014 Launch media viewer SIGNS OF […]…

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Earth to Apple: You Have a Problem in China

For several decades now, Apple and many other major manufacturers have assumed that a basic model of manufacturing in China would endure forever: the Chinese would allow virtually unlimited import of Japanese parts for assembly into products destined for both the Chinese market and the world. The Apple iPhone, according to one study, consists of […]…

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China-U.S. Relations, 35 Years Later

It was 35 years ago this month that the United States and China normalized relations. It was also 35 years ago this month that I arrived in Hong Kong as a correspondent for United Press International. I didn’t realize how impeccable my timing was. China has exploded economically, as many of us thought it would. […]…

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